ghodges Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 CollectAire resin kit, OOTB. Painted the markings for VF-73 after the kit decals for VF-173 shattered. Rest of the decals are spares box and dry transfers. Comments welcome. Cheers! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glweeks Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Now that is outright pretty!! G.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBill50 Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Nice work, Gil. Did the kit go together well? Really eyecatching. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorrissette Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I LOVE it... really neat build. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Another brilliant masterpiece Gil! Makes me glad I don't build 1/48 scale! I'd never be able to compete against this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregWise Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks for the kind words. This one of the better CA kits. No grinding needed at all! For CollectAire, the later (newer) the molding, the better the quality in general. If you're looking at the parts in the box, the oranger the resin, the older the molding and the more problems you'll likely have. If the resin is more brownish-orange, it's a "middle" release, and it will have some fit problems, but better engineering and detailing overall. The newest kits have an almost creamy beige resin that actually resmbles plastic it's so smooth! Their engineering and detailing is excellent and their fit much better than the older releases. Hope this helps! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagdtiger46 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Very nice. I have both the 1:48 Hobby Boss and Grand Phoenix Fury kits to get to, one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Really nice work, Gil. A real beautiful airframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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